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Spotify launches Soundtrap for Storytellers

16/05/2019

Spotify launches Soundtrap for Storytellers a cloud-based one-stop shop for podcast creation designed to make podcast production easy. Soundtrap for Storytellers is a comprehensive podcast creation tool that offers recording, remote multi-track interviewing with video chat, smart editing of audio as a text document, full audio production, direct-to-Spotify publishing of the podcast, and transcript publishing to optimize SEO all in one service. In a blog posting Spotify describes how it gathered together the hosts of […]

Spotify reaches 100 million Premium subscribers

01/05/2019

Spotify reaches 100 million Premium subscribers according to the streamer’s 2019 Quarter 1 results published on the 29th April 2019 and available in full here. In addition to its 32% year on year growth in Premium subscribers it recorded a growth of 26% in monthly active users (MAUs) during the year to 217 million users. Results for the quarter outperformed expectations with its Family Plan, Google Home Mini and Spotify Premium + Hulu promotions driving […]

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Spotify increases US Premium subscribers by 3 million

24/04/2019

Spotify increases US Premium subscribers by 3 million in the first quarter of 2019 according to investment research company Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC (CIRP). As at 31st March 2019, CIRP estimates that in the US, 37% of Spotify users have a Spotify Premium subscription. “We’ve now tracked Spotify for a full year, and the user base continues to grow steadily in the US” said Josh Lowitz, Partner and Co-Founder of CIRP. “In the most […]

Spotify trials couples subscription

31/03/2019

Spotify trials couples subscription in five countries (Ireland, Poland, Denmark, Chile and Colombia). Branded Spotify Premium Duo, two people can combine two separate Spotify Premium accounts for €12.49 (Ireland pricing) all in a single bill. Given Spotify’s pricing structure of €/$/£9.99 for a Premium subscription and €/$/£14.99 for a Family Plan, the likely price in the rest of Europe, the US and UK could be €/$/£ 12.49 if the trial is extended to the rest […]

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Spotify is to acquire Parcast podcast studio

28/03/2019

Spotify is to acquire Parcast podcast studio, a premier storytelling-driven podcast studio for an undisclosed sum. Since its founding in 2016, Parcast has launched 18 premium podcast series including Serial Killers, Unsolved Murders, Cults and Conspiracy Theories and the studio’s first fiction series, Mind’s Eye. Parcast will bring to Spotify its curated library of highly produced shows and an engaged and loyal audience. With an expertise in genres touching mystery, crime, science fiction, and history, […]

Top Music from Spotify in the first week in India

Spotify’s Top Music in India

19/03/2019

Spotify’s Top Music in India for its first week of operation has been shared in a blog posting and shows a mix of local Indian music and tracks from around the globe. In the first week since its launch more than one million users have registered for the app. Users in India are listening to musicians and tracks from around the globe, with 68% of artists in the top 50 coming from somewhere other than […]

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Spotify expands Samsung partnership

12/03/2019

Spotify expands Samsung partnership providing easy access to Spotify on Samsung mobile devices. Additionally new Spotify consumers in the US with select Samsung Galaxy mobile devices, including the just-launched Galaxy S10, may qualify for six months of free Spotify Premium, redeemable in app. Those devices include the soon-to-be-released Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, S10 5G, Galaxy Fold and select Galaxy A Series phones. Starting on 8th March 2019 Spotify also will be pre-installed on millions of […]